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Haiti: a boy's storyhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/20/haiti-natural-disasters
Johnny lost his mother and two sisters in the earthquake. Here, he describes what happened and his struggle to find money to pay for shelter and to attend school<p>My name is Johnny, I am 16 years old and I live in Jacmel. I like playing basketball. I always used to laugh and enjoyed running around playing with people.</p><p>I was at home when the earthquake occurred. I was outside and was trying to go into the house again, but people were saying, "don't go in the house again because your mother is already dead. I don't want you to die." So I listened to them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/20/haiti-natural-disasters">Continue reading...</a>HaitiNatural disasters and extreme weatherGlobal developmentAmericasWed, 20 Jan 2010 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/20/haiti-natural-disastersPhotograph: Plan InternationalJohnny. Photograph: Plan InternationalPhotograph: Plan InternationalJohnny. Photograph: Plan InternationalGuardian Staff2010-01-20T09:00:00ZHaiti: aid worker reflectionshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/19/haiti-natural-disasters
People in Haiti continue to struggle while aftershocks plague the region. Here, <a href="http://www.christianaid.org.uk/">Christian Aid</a>'s Haiti journalist, Sarah Wilson, offers a snapshot of her experience; while the group's country manager, Prospery Raymond, recalls being trapped in the rubble last week<p>I arrived in Haiti at about 11am local time this morning (January 18) into a very chaotic airport with military planes from all over the world bringing in supplies. Two black hawks touched down just after we did. We touched down and drove onto the grass, where we disembarked and walked along the runway, pretty much literally dodging planes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/19/haiti-natural-disasters">Continue reading...</a>HaitiNatural disasters and extreme weatherGlobal developmentAidAmericasTue, 19 Jan 2010 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/19/haiti-natural-disastersPhotograph: Christian AidA Haiti street scene. Photograph: Christian AidPhotograph: Christian AidA Haiti street scene. Photograph: Christian AidGuardian Staff2010-01-19T09:00:00ZHaiti earthquake: aid workers mobilisehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/13/haiti-natural-disasters
Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Jane Moyo, head of media relations at NGO Action Aid, writes on the organisation's immediate response and the very particular sets of needs thrown up by earthquakes<p>I woke this morning to the BBC's Today programme, news of the terrible earthquake in Haiti and a phone call from Sky asking for an update on our efforts. Logging on, I saw that our Latin American director Adriano Campolina had been trying to get through to our Haiti team all night with little success. However, since then we've heard from all the team apart from three. Thank goodness for small mercies.</p><p>As Adriano explained to Sky, Haiti finds it difficult to cope in the best of times. The capital Port-au-Prince is ramshackle and down-at-heel, with many living in dire poverty. Now that there's an earthquake I suspect it will be hell on earth. Certainly it sounds like it from the descriptions that are filtering out.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/13/haiti-natural-disasters">Continue reading...</a>HaitiNatural disasters and extreme weatherGlobal developmentAidAmericasWed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/13/haiti-natural-disastersGuardian Staff2010-01-13T09:00:00ZHelping Haitian childrenhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/06/dominica-haiti
Junior is a teenage Haitian boy who usually makes his living shining shoes in the Dominican border town of Dajabon. Border troops have recently been reinforced there in a bid to quell violent clashes which have flared-up between the two peoples who have a difficult history on the island they share. A few months ago a young Haitian was killed trying to cross the border and Junior is now scared to cross over. A 'peace camp' designed to foster understanding between Haitian and Dominican youths has been set up, with support from the NGO <a href="http://plan-international.org">Plan</a>. It gives children like Junior, who often work full-time, a chance to relax and play<p>My name is Junior and I am 14 years old. I live with my grandmother, who takes care of me because my mother and father are dead. When I cross the border to work, the military insult me and that's what I find difficult.</p><p>I think some Dominicans treat Haitians as if they are nothing. They don't value Haitians and most of them treat us really badly.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/06/dominica-haiti">Continue reading...</a>DominicaHaitiGlobal developmentAmericasThu, 06 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/06/dominica-haitiPhotograph: Plan International'Junior'. Photograph: Plan InternationalPhotograph: Plan International'Junior'. Photograph: Plan InternationalGuardian Staff2009-08-06T08:00:00ZHaiti: a cité in despairhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/aug/01/haiti
The documentary, Ghosts of Cité Soleil, about gang life amid civil war in Haiti, has been accused of glamorising violence and failing to offer any political context for the bloodshed. Director Asger Leth tells Mark King he never intended to make a film about the politics of Haiti, but was more interested in the characters who have to make their lives amid the ruins of a war-torn region<p>My father lives in Haiti so I've been going to there every year for about 20 years and everybody is obsessively talking about politics all the time. That's the kind of place it is. I find the discussions fascinating and also extremely important because it's a country that needs change. For years I had the feeling that I was listening to the same story all over again, all over again, all over again. It's the same all the time, it's just the names that change. I knew early on that I wanted to get that feeling across to the audience.</p><p>In another ten years, it'll be the same story but different names, it doesn't really matter what their names are. What matters is that the tragedy is much deeper and the issues in Haiti are much deeper than names and people and political parties. It's much more fundamental. What needs to change in Haiti before you can start caring about names is something much more fundamental, and that's what I wanted this film to be about.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/aug/01/haiti">Continue reading...</a>FilmCultureHaitiAmericasWed, 01 Aug 2007 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/aug/01/haitiPhotograph: Revolver EntertainmentA still from Ghosts of Cité Soleil. Photograph: Revolver EntertainmentPhotograph: Revolver EntertainmentA still from Ghosts of Cité Soleil. Photograph: Revolver EntertainmentMark King2007-08-01T08:00:00Z